you guys might already know this but......

[cyberdan]

I go to 25-30 yardsales every saturday and one of the things i look for are old computers. I get 2-3 a week. once I got 7 but didn't have time to tear them down. I had 11 in a row waiting for the wirecutters.

Well last weekend was kind of slow. this guy had some electronics and one old tower computer. I offered him a dollar and he accepted. Then I saw a Tivo and asked if it had a hard drive and he said yes so I paid $1 for that too.

When I got home I tore it open just expecting to pull the hard drive and saw a big circuit board and decided to get it also. When I pulled it out and blew off the dust I could see it had GOLD spots everywhere AND on both sides. A lot more than any motherboard.

Later that day I got to a pile of VCRs I wanted to toss and saw another TIVO I had forgotten I had. So I opened it and it had TWO hard drives and the same gold filled board.

So always keep an eye out for SONY Tivos. I will look at other brands too, not sure if all have hard drives and good boards.

 

[schomisch]

Most all of the newer satalite network boxes are starting to have hard drives in them. The main board is pretty nice, plus sometimes the screen board is decent mid grade. Added bonus you get a HD and a power supply board.

I went to our local scrap yard with a load of scrap metal, while there was a huge pile of direct TV boxes so we filled the back of the truck with them. In the end turned $80 worth of steel into a $750 load of boards and Hd's ect.. Definitely worth keeping an eye out for.

 

[pinman]

If the TiVo has a lifetime subscription it's worth alot more at auction than it would be in scrap.

 

[cyberdan]

If the TiVo has a lifetime subscription it's worth alot more at auction than it would be in scrap.

I know nothing about TIVO. I thought you had to have a dish and a monthly subcsription to make it all work.

Does every TIVO have a lifetime subscription ?

 

[pinman]

Nope. There is a scheduled fee for use but, there is an option to buy lifetime use.